Double fragmentation in cation radicals. An example in the NADH analogues series

The cation radical of 9-tert-butyl-N-methylacridan, generated electrochemically or photochemically, offers, in the presence of strong bases, a remarkable example of a double fragmentation. Whereas in acidic or weakly basic media the tert-butyl radical is cleaved with concomitant formation of the methylacridinium cation, the presence of a strong base triggers the cleavage of both the methyl group borne by the nitrogen atom and the tert-butyl group on C-9 leading to acridine, formaldehyde and the tert-butyl anion, even though methylacridinium cation is stable under these conditions. The origin of this unprecedented behavior resides in the prior deprotonation of the methyl group borne by the nitrogen atom which outruns the usual deprotonation at the 9-carbon because this is slowed by the steric hindrance due to the presence of the tert-butyl group. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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